Park Crest Pennsylvania Map

About Park Crest, Pennsylvania

Park Crest is a locality in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 591. The population density is 291.1 people per km². Park Crest is located at 40.8194°N, 76.0616°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 18214.

Park Crest defines the quiet intersection of heavy earth and deliberate water, where the landscape settles into a series of modest, stubborn elevations. It lies 10.5 miles south-southwest of Hazleton, PA (from Hazleton, PA: bearing 201°T), and is situated 4.3 miles west-northwest of Tamaqua. Pine Creek carves a persistent, narrow path through the terrain, its current providing a rhythmic pulse to the land that keeps the soil dampened and the local flora thick. The immediate geography centers on the stillness of Lakeside Park Reservoir, a body of water that mirrors the pale, expansive skies of the region with a glassy, unblinking intensity. Beyond the local canopy, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains marks the horizon, serving as a reminder of the vast, folded topography that stretches far to the east and south.

Park Crest maintains a character forged by the legacy of industrial labor and the steady, slow-moving pace of life in the interior. The local economy persists with a quiet resilience, drawing on the remnants of traditional trades that once utilized the proximity of the water to power small-scale milling and manufacturing. Life here often involves a short walk to the borders of Tuscarora State Park, where the forest floor preserves a sense of solitude that contrasts sharply with the nearby activity of the region’s main roads. Residents often look toward the deeper recesses of the landscape, such as the quiet depth of Negro Hollow, to find a reprieve from the modern hum. When the weather turns, the sound of water moving over rock at Tomhicken Falls becomes a local reference point, anchoring the daily experience of Park Crest in the physical reality of the Pennsylvania countryside.

About This Park Crest Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Park Crest, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.81936, -76.061582. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Park Crest includes the ZIP code (18214), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Schuylkill County (Pottsville), and school district assignment (Mahanoy Area School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.